Word: springing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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What happened in early spring still has Toronto fans benumbed: the Leafs who went into March like lambs roared out like lions. Only five games from schedule's end, the New York Rangers were seven points ahead of Toronto and comfortably installed in fourth place, a ranking that secures a place in the Stanley Cup playoffs. But the Leafs, who had not won more than two games in a row all season, got the coach's message, streaked to five big wins, the mesmerized Rangers collapsed. In the N.H.L.'s tensest finale in years, the Leafs were...
...Boston fans were outraged and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People charged discrimination when the Red Sox, only major-league team that has never used Negro players, farmed out Shortstop Elijah Jerry ("Pumpsie") Green, who hit a respectable .327 in spring training but faded sadly toward season's opening. This week the Sox, who have never regularly employed a Negro in any capacity at Boston's Fenway Park, will plead to the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination that Green needs more seasoning in the minors. From the sidelines came an unsolicited comment from ex-Dodger Jackie...
...darkness. This was the Crimson's third loss in a row and second defeat in the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League. Yesterday's failure blackened the varsity's hopes for winning the E.I.B.L. title, and may lead to a disappointing season for a team which showed much promise during its spring trip...
Although plagued all spring by injuries, the club now has only one man out, forward Terry Lenzner. Ted Fremgen will move over from his wing forward slot to fill in for Lenzner, and David Kiely will be in Fremgen's usual position. This year's football captain, Shag Shaunessy, will also be in the starting lineup...
Jessie sat on the Gordon Linen sacks in the Radcliffe Quad putting forsythia into her hair. Suddenly she shot upwards and ran spring-like towards an oncoming Volkswagen. "Clipper!" she shouted, "I want to go ride the swan boats. I want to buy a balloon and blow bubbles and ride the swan boats...